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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
P. S. Prusachenko, T. L. Bobrovskiy, M. V. Bokhovko, A. F. Gurbich
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 198 | Number 5 | May 2024 | Pages 1062-1074
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2236477
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The thick target neutron spectra from the 13C(α,n0)16O reaction were measured for the energy range of 3.0 to 6.5 MeV at 10 angles in the laboratory angle interval of 0 to 150 deg. The thick target yield (TTY) was determined by integration of the neutron spectra over the neutron energy range corresponding to the 13C(α,n0)16O reaction followed by integration of the obtained angular distribution of the differential TTY over the solid angle 4π. The content of 13C atoms in the target was determined by ion beam analysis with accuracy of <1%. The obtained TTY values support the calculated ones based on the 16O(n,α0)13C reaction cross-section evaluation from the ENDF/B-VIII.0 library.